He says It took several days, and several attempts to discreetly get hours of footage.

A mini-DV recorder helped.

“The most famous shot is this here, with our hand like this, and it’s real steady,” Hardon said.

Store managers at the Tchoupitoulas location confirm only part of the video was filmed outside the store; but the crew ran into problems when they tried to record inside.

“We went in the morning, too many people,” Hardon explained. “We went there at night, too many people.”

So he says they taped the in-store footage at the less busy Harahan location during off-peak hours.

Hardon further explained, “When we went to Jefferson there were no greeters at the door, so we were like let’s get it in real quick.”

That explains the entrance, and the exit, but what the isles?

“There was no employees, we were shocked, we didn’t know where they was,” Hardon said.

He says there was no music inside, Mr. Ghetto lip-synced, and the dancers kept the beat in their heads.

Hardon explained, “The girls they can dance off anything, some of us might be ago, ago, ago in the background. The camera is like this and they’re just dancing but when we edit, Wally, Wally, Wally, Wally, Wally, Wally-World.”

“As it turns out the Wal-Mart video was not the first of its kind a similar video was previously filmed here at Home Depot,” Trotter said.

Hammer Time hit YouTube about a year ago (watch the video in the ‘Related Items’ area above).

Again, the crew covertly filmed inside a New Orleans store; using and dancing on top of store merchandise.

They did the same at Mc-Donald’s and at Lowe’s Home Improvement. But nothing took off like Wal-Mart.